Dragon Raja: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

What annoyed Lu Mingfei was that even Liu Miaomiao stopped calling him Mingfei and instead called him playfully, "Class Monitor Lu~"

Why did you join in their fun?

In the cafeteria, Lu Mingfei, sitting opposite Liu Miaomiao, curled his lip.

"What does it matter?" Liu Miaomiao playfully stuck out her tongue. "Isn't the title 'Class Monitor Xiao Lu' pretty good?"

"Then you can just call me Class Monitor Xiao Lu from now on, and don't call me Mingfei anymore."

Lu Mingfei knew how to handle Liu Miaomiao, so he deliberately put on a somewhat angry expression.

This tactic worked. Liu Miaomiao immediately panicked, lowered her head, and looked up at the boy opposite her.

"I was just joking. Mingfei, if you don't like it, I won't call you Class Monitor Xiaolu anymore, I'll just call you Mingfei..."

His eyes looked wronged, as if he knew he had done something wrong.

Lu Mingfei only wanted to tease Liu Miaomiao, but he didn't expect Liu Miaomiao to panic so easily. He immediately reached out and patted Liu Miaomiao's head, saying:

"I was just kidding. You can call me whatever you want."

Hearing Lu Mingfei say that, Liu Miaomiao finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with a touch of coquettishness:

"You scared me to death! I thought you were really angry..."

Unbeknownst to them, their interactions became more natural, and their tone and behavior became more intimate.

“Actually, I prefer the name Mingfei,” Liu Miaomiao suddenly said.

"Why?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"Because 'Mingfei' sounds more intimate, while calling Xiaolu 'class monitor' sounds cute, but it still feels a little distant."

Liu Miaomiao paused, then suddenly lowered her head and buried her face before continuing, "Besides, everyone else can call you class monitor, but only I call you Mingfei..."

Although she had tried to hide her pretty face beforehand, her reddened ears still betrayed the girl's current poetic mood.

Seeing Liu Miaomiao's adorable reaction, Lu Mingfei thought of teasing her again:

"If a second person calls me Mingfei, then you won't be the only one, right?"

Liu Miaomiao suddenly looked up, biting her lip and frowning, baring her teeth and claws like a roaring little evil dragon: "You, who else do you want to call you Mingfei!"

“For example, my parents have always called me Mingfei.” Lu Mingfei recalled the letters his parents had written to him.

"Of course you can call them uncle and aunt."

"My uncle and aunt also call me Mingfei."

"Hmm... It's fine for elders and relatives to call you Mingfei, but it's not so good if other people call you that..."

Lu Mingfei's eyes darted around, and he brought up the Little Fairy to tease Liu Miaomiao: "So, if Su Xiaoqiang wants to call me Mingfei someday, will you allow her to?"

This question seemed to have really stumped Liu Miaomiao. She sat there blankly, actually thinking for quite a while, before reluctantly saying:

"Hmm... If it were Qiangqiang... that would be fine too, since Qiangqiang is a very good friend of ours."

If it were before, Liu Miaomiao would have agreed without hesitation if Lu Mingfei had asked this question.

However, after witnessing Lu Mingfei carrying Su Xiaoqiang to the infirmary during military training, Liu Miaomiao suddenly felt a sense of crisis for some reason.

In fact, Lu Mingfei and Su Xiaoqiang didn't usually have any very close interactions, but Liu Miaomiao was still a little uneasy.

"Ugh, this is so annoying! Whether or not you're allowed to be called Mingfei is your problem, why do you need to ask me for my permission! I'm nobody to you!"

Liu Miaomiao suddenly stood up with her tray and said indignantly, "I'm full. I'm going back to the classroom for lunch break. You can continue eating here!"

Then they walked away, pattering away.

As Lu Mingfei watched Liu Miaomiao's departing figure, he thought to himself, "So this little brat can be arrogant too."

……

However, Liu Miaomiao's arrogance, like Su Xiaoqiang's gentleness, will pass in the blink of an eye.

By the afternoon, Liu Miaomiao's anger seemed to have completely dissipated, and she returned to her usual self, clear-headed and composed.

For example, when the second period ended in the afternoon, Liu Miaomiao came to Lu Mingfei's desk and asked him which clubs he wanted to join.

Lu Mingfei was taken aback: "School clubs..."

As a high-end private secondary school, Sze Lan Secondary School offers a wide range of extracurricular activities.

Not only does it have an annual school anniversary event—what's called a school festival in Japanese anime—but it also provides numerous performance opportunities for art clubs at various parties, such as Christmas parties.

Sports clubs can even participate in provincial sports competitions. For example, last year, the basketball team of Shilan High School, led by the agile and quick center Chu Zihang, won first place in the provincial high school league.

After all, it is a private school, so students have less pressure to get into higher education, and their extracurricular life is naturally much richer.

However, although everyone says that Shilan Middle School has a lot of clubs, when it comes to Lu Mingfei's impression of Shilan Middle School's club activities, all he can say is that he "peeks" at them.

In the activity room of the literary society, Chen Wenwen sat in a chair by the window, holding a copy of Marguerite Duras's "The Lover" or Stefan Zweig's "Letter from an Unknown Woman".

The windows were lined with white curtains. When the wind blew in, it would lift the curtains, even lifting Chen Wenwen's hair. The floating curtains rose and fell, partially obscuring Chen Wenwen's face.

Lu Mingfei sat in a corner of the activity room, secretly watching her.

It's just like in Shunji Iwai's "Love Letter," where the female Fujii Itsuki peeks at the male Fujii Itsuki reading by the window.

Of course, the coincidences and entanglements between Lu Mingfei and Chen Wenwen are far less profound than those between the two Fujii Shu.

"Love Letter" tells the story of unrequited love that blossoms into poetry, while the plot between Lu Mingfei and Chen Wenwen is merely a prologue before a grander story is about to unfold.

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Chapter 97 Senior Brother, Long Time No See

However, although Lu Mingfei's only memory of his time in the high school clubs at Shilan Middle School is Chen Wenwen's profile as she reads, his years in Japan were still quite meaningful.

Especially during his time in the Classic Literature Club, he also worked with Houtarou Oreki and others on the production of the Hyouka magazine.

"I don't have any particular clubs I'd like to join, Liu Miaomiao, what about you?"

Lu Mingfei shook his head, pulling his thoughts away from his memories, and asked.

"I'm actually torn."

Liu Miaomiao tilted her head and said, a slightly troubled expression on her face.

"Actually, many music clubs have invited me, and the president of the classical music club is also my senior from the music club in junior high school. But I'm still considering it, although I have a pretty good relationship with her..."

The unspoken meaning behind this statement is that he feels a little embarrassed to refuse this senior student.

Although Liu Miaomiao has a gentle personality, sometimes being too gentle is not necessarily a good thing.

Although Sze Lan Secondary School has both junior and senior high school sections, club activities are generally separate.

"Was there any club you particularly wanted to join before?" Lu Mingfei asked.

"I joined a music club in the first year of junior high, but later I wanted to join the basketball cheerleading team. However, the music club had too many activities, so I never had the time. I originally planned to try the basketball cheerleading team in high school, but..."

As Liu Miaomiao paused to punctuate the sentence, she secretly glanced at Lu Mingfei.

"...But I don't really want to go right now."

Lu Mingfei didn't notice Liu Miaomiao's subtle movement. According to his memories from his previous life, Liu Miaomiao eventually joined the classical music club, probably because she couldn't ultimately refuse that senior student.

In addition, the club and Liu Miaomiao's talents were quite compatible.

However, people don't necessarily have to live according to the originally set trajectory.

If, after being reborn, I hadn't borrowed Liu Miaomiao's phone on that rainy day, but instead ran home in the rain as before...

The relationship between Liu Miaomiao, Su Xiaoqiang, and myself will likely remain the same as in my previous life, stopping at being just ordinary classmates.

The saying "to miss a chance to meet" is actually based on this principle.

Therefore, if Liu Miaomiao really has other clubs she wants to join, Lu Mingfei would definitely be willing to support her.

"How about I go with you to visit each club after school?" Lu Mingfei suggested.

There is no evening self-study at Shilan Secondary School. School ends promptly at 5 p.m., and most club activities are also held after school, so there is plenty of time to visit the clubs.

Hearing Lu Mingfei offer to accompany her, Liu Miaomiao's pretty face lit up with joy, "Okay."

Looking at the jubilant Liu Miaomiao, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but sigh in his heart, how come such a pretty, cute, and naive girl always suffers setbacks in her love life?

Could it be because the Five Elements are lacking water?

Lu Mingfei had taken a feng shui class at Kassel College, but he didn't take it too seriously at the time. He listened in a daze and only understood a little bit. He vaguely remembered that if a person's five elements were lacking water, it would affect their love life.

"By the way, Liu Miaomiao, I think your birthday is January 6th, right?" Lu Mingfei suddenly asked.

Liu Miaomiao was taken aback, her eyes sparkling with surprise: "Yes, but this year's birthday has already passed, and next year's birthday is still a long way off. Mingfei, why are you suddenly asking this?"

"I just suddenly remembered and wanted to ask."

As Lu Mingfei spoke, he took out his phone, opened the calendar, and found January 6, 1992. Goodness, it really didn't have the element of water in its Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.

As Liu Miaomiao watched Lu Mingfei take out the Nokia N73, she tilted her head thoughtfully for a moment, then gently squatted down next to Lu Mingfei.

"Mingfei, do you want to get a Nokia N93?" Liu Miaomiao blinked.

"?"

Lu Mingfei blinked, not understanding why Liu Miaomiao suddenly brought this up.

Didn't she just give herself an N73?

……

Lu Mingfei, of course, did not accept Liu Miaomiao's suggestion to change her phone.

Firstly, this Nokia N73 isn't cheap, so replacing it would be a waste.

Secondly, he didn't want to keep accepting Liu Miaomiao's "feeding" like this.

Of course, the most important point is that if he really switched to the Nokia N93, then Su Xiaoqiang's side will be in a difficult position.

Should he use the N93 that Liu Miaomiao gave him, or the N73 that Su Xiaoqiang gave him?

The school bell rang precisely at five o'clock. The students got up one after another and waited for the teacher of the last class to leave before they all packed their schoolbags and textbooks.

The quiet corridor was briefly filled with noise and commotion: footsteps, voices, and the sound of fabric rubbing against each other. The sounds rose and fell, until the brief liveliness faded away, and everything returned to its original stillness.

After watching most of his classmates leave, Lu Mingfei got up and prepared to go to the teaching building where the club was located with Liu Miaomiao.